docs: Correct commit summary length guidlines
pw_presumit has been enforcing a 72-character column limit for commit
bodies AND summaries.
Change-Id: I252b18104f749f687bf684d9eb5d4b809b70376f
Reviewed-on: https://pigweed-review.googlesource.com/c/pigweed/pigweed/+/97683
Pigweed-Auto-Submit: Armando Montanez <amontanez@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Auto-Submit <auto-submit@pigweed.google.com.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Reviewed-by: Wyatt Hepler <hepler@google.com>
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index a373064..744a7d1 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -86,11 +86,9 @@
Commit message
--------------
-Pigweed commit messages follow the `50/72 style
-<https://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html>`_ (a
-maximum of 50 characters in the commit title, and a 72 character width limit in
-the commit message body). Commit titles should be prefixed with the name of the
-module that the commit is affecting. :ref:`Examples
+Pigweed commit message bodies and summaries are limited to 72 characters wide
+to improve readability. Commit summaries should also be prefixed with the name
+of the module that the commit is affecting. :ref:`Examples
<docs-contributing-commit-message-examples>` of well and ill-formed commit
messages are provided below.
